Reaction has been swift following Gov. Jerry Brown’s Monday decision to give up on cutting a budget deal with Republicans. Democrats have instead chosen to go it alone — and not everyone is happy with the way they’re doing it.

While their decision means that California will have a budget by the time the new fiscal year starts Friday, it also means said spending plan won’t include any tax hikes, and therefore will rely on spending cuts to virtually every public program in the state. Cue anger from supporters of everything from universities to courts to redevelopment.

Not everyone is unhappy: State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, who had raised concerns about previous budget plans, said in a letter Tuesday that the new proposal is “financeable” and will allow the state to pay its bills next year. Lockyer also wrote that the budget plan “for the first time in recent years, honestly and clearly balances revenues and spending.”

But other Democrats are steaming mad, including Attorney General Kamala Harris and officials at the University of California.

Harris’ Department of Justice would see a $35.8 million reduction in its law enforcement budget next fiscal year, and another $35.2 million in the year after that. That $71 million cut could cost the DOJ another $40 million in matching federal funds over the next two years, said Division of Law Enforcement Director Larry Wallace.

“We could be looking at cuts in excess of $100 million,” he said. “It’s unprecedented, unsafe and unsustainable to the Department of Justice and it will greatly handcuff California law enforcement. We could lose up to 600 law enforcement positions if we take this hit, and possibly have to eliminate the bureau of narcotic enforcement and the bureau of investigations and intelligence.”

The president of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association — who happens to work as a DOJ special agent — also had some choice words for the governor and Democratic legislators.

Officials at the University of California were also miffed. The UC, after all (as well as the California State University system) already saw a $500 million annual reduction in state support through actions the legislature took in March, and is now looking at another $150 million hit — which could nearly double to $250 million if tax revenues don’t increase next fiscal year.

Here’s what the University of California Office of the President said in a written statement:

“The latest state budget plan is deeply disappointing. If the governor and Legislature impose $650 million in funding cuts on the University of California, the impact will be felt by Californians in every part of the state. Because cuts of this magnitude inevitably will drive up tuition for public university students and their families, we cannot stand silent. While we recognize the enormity of the fiscal challenge facing the state, we continue to oppose further cuts, and support any efforts that will restore long-term stability to state funding of higher education.”

Also unhappy: California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who watched her court system lose $200 million in annual funding in March, then found out Monday that Democrats are aiming for another $150 million cut — and are going to delay $310 million in court construction costs by putting those projects on hold for a year.

“I am completely dismayed and gravely concerned about how the proposed budget cuts will affect the judicial branch and the public we serve. The cumulative impact of the cuts to the courts in the last three years will have the effect of court closures, fewer services to court users, and the spectre of more furloughs and layoffs for employees. It will affect everyone and anyone connected to the courts in civil cases, criminal cases, family law, probate, and small claims,” Cantil-Sakauye said in a written statement.

And let’s not forget redevelopment boosters, who are fuming mad and threatening to sue; opponents of the economic development program, meanwhile, are cheering the governor on.

A few other groups had some kind words for the majority party as well. Small business leaders said they are heartened by indications by the governor that he will sign a bill that would impose sales tax on Amazon.com and other online retailers; and the state’s largest public employee union seized the opportunity to praise Democrats

and slam Republicans.

“Today’s budget plan is far from what Californians deserve. We lost the opportunity for a long-term solution and are now faced with additional cuts to education, safety and other vital services Californians rely upon.,” SEIU Local President Yvonne Walker said in a written statement, adding that Democrats stepped up and showed leadership. “We had an opportunity to solve the state’s chronic budget crisis, but Republicans refused to make tough choices. Every Californian should be outraged … Republican legislators would not vote for a balanced approach because they are more interested in positioning themselves for the next election — their next office — than they were in doing what was best for California.”

Curiously, we haven’t heard a peep from public school supporters, even though the Democrats’ plan includes deferring billions of dollars owed to schools.